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Torrential rain in Taiwan kills five over past week 04 Aug 2025 - 01:52 pm
This handout taken on August 3, 2025 and released by the Kaohsiung Fire Department shows a landslide that swept away a section of road, which caused a car transporting five people to plunge into a ravine, in a mountainous area of Kaohsiung. Photo by Handout / Kaohsiung Fire Department / AFP
South Korea removing loudspeakers on border with North 04 Aug 2025 - 01:43 pm
This handout photo taken on August 4, 2025 and provided by the South Korean Defence Ministry shows South Korean soldiers removing loudspeakers that were set up for propaganda broadcasts near the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas in an undisclosed location in South Korea. Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP
Tycoon who brought F1 to Singapore pleads guilty in graft case 04 Aug 2025 - 01:11 pm
Malaysian hotel tycoon Ong Beng Seng (C) leaves the State Court in Singapore on August 4, 2025. Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP
17 heat records broken in Japan 04 Aug 2025 - 11:49 am
People cross a street on a hot day in Tokyo on August 4, 2025. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP.
Afghanistan installs automated weather forecast stations 04 Aug 2025 - 07:00 am
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Maldives registers 43 pct increase in fish exports in H1 2025 04 Aug 2025 - 04:00 am
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Film on Japan's infamous WWII germ warfare unit to debut on Sept. 18 04 Aug 2025 - 03:00 am
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Indian army officer booked over thrashing airline staff at airport 04 Aug 2025 - 02:00 am
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Sri Lanka to launch first vocational training program for prisoners 04 Aug 2025 - 01:00 am
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Death toll from floods in northern Vietnam rises to 10 03 Aug 2025 - 07:21 pm
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Vietnam flooding death toll rises to 10 03 Aug 2025 - 05:01 pm
This photo taken by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on August 1, 2025 shows a collapsed house due to flooding in northern Vietnam's Dien Bien province. Photo by Trinh Xuan Tu / Vietnam News Agency / AFP
10 new earthquakes recorded in Russia's Kamchatka region within 24 hours 03 Aug 2025 - 11:13 am
This frame grab taken from video released by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations taken and released on July 30, 2025 shows rescuers inspecting a damaged kindergarten building in Russia's Kamchatka region after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia's far east coast. Photo by RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS / AFP.
Pakistani, Iranian FMs discuss strengthening bilateral ties 03 Aug 2025 - 07:00 am
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Sri Lankan customs revenue reaches 4 bln USD in first 7 months of 2025 03 Aug 2025 - 01:00 am
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ASEAN interim observer group inspects conflict-hit areas on Cambodia-Thailand border 03 Aug 2025 - 12:00 am
Smoke is pictured in the air from a multi-rocket launcher near the Cambodia-Thailand border in Oddar Meanchey province on July 25, 2025. (Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP)
5.8-magnitude quake hits Oaxaca, Mexico: GFZ 02 Aug 2025 - 11:05 pm
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5.1 earthquake hits northern Pakistan 02 Aug 2025 - 08:02 pm
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Severe weather causes power outages in eastern Australia 02 Aug 2025 - 07:45 pm
File photo for representational purposes. Police cordons are displayed to stop traffic after power lines fell across a road in Coorparoo in Brisbane on March 8, 2025, as cyclone Alfred crossed the southeast Queensland coast. (Photo by Patrick Hamilton / AFP)